Statements Quotes

342 Statements quotes by 301 unique authors

I‟m going to kill her,” Francesca said to no one in particular. Which was probably a good thing, as there was no one else present.… — Julia Quinn
We assume that all statements must be mild inversions of the truth, because it's too weird to imagine people who aren't casually lying, pretty much… — Chuck Klosterman
I've always resented the smug statements of politicians, media commentators, corporate executives who talked of how, in America, if you worked hard you would become… — Howard Zinn
Toad, with no one to check his statements or to criticize in an unfriendly spirit, rather let himself go. Indeed, much that he related belonged… — Kenneth Grahame
There is a certain embarrassment about being a storyteller in these times when stories are considered not quite as satisfying as statements and statements not… — Flannery O'Connor
Well you are fresh Your face is fabulous Don’t forget you’re one of a kind When nobody’s checking the deeds you’ve done And nobody’s hearing… — Jason Mraz
Poetic simile was strictly limited to statements like 'his mighty steed was as fleet as the wind on a fairly calm day, say about Force… — Terry Pratchett
How did the hearing go?” she asked. “We won, sort of,” Kaldar said. “We die at dawn.” “The court gave the Sheeriles twenty-four hours,” William… — Ilona Andrews
Unlike statements of fact, which require no further work on our part, lies must be continually protected from collisions with reality. — Sam Harris
That," he whispered, "is unthinkable." In Mosca’s experience, such statements generally meant that a thing was perfectly thinkable, but that the speaker did not want… — Frances Hardinge
Because there’s a clock attached to every beautiful woman. From the second she comes into her own, she begins to decline, because she begins to… — Paul Rudnick
Most people in Seoul don't care about the North's belligerent statements: The farther one is from the Korean Peninsula, the more one will find people… — Andrei Lankov
We have to offer up scary scenarios, make simplified dramatic statements, and make little mention of any doubts we may have. Each of us has… — Stephen Schneider
Great scientific minds, from Claudius Ptolemy of the second century to Isaac Newton of the seventeenth, invested their formidable intellects in attempts to deduce the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson
At times of writing I never think what I have said before. My aim is not to be consistent with my previous statements on a… — Mahatma Gandhi
One would have to say "in the end everything is a gag, etc" because everything is infinitely more than just a gag. The same applies… — Alfred Korzybski
Why, then, do I continue to claim that creationism isn't science? Simply because these relatively few statements have been tested and conclusively refuted. — Stephen Jay Gould
We find that the statements of science are not of what is true and what is not true, but statements of what is known with… — Richard P. Feynman
In the first weeks after Hiroshima, extravagant statements by President Truman and other official spokesmen for the U.S. government transformed the inception of the atomic… — Stewart Udall
I use a shredder for bank statements and phone bills. Most people use ribbon shredders that cut things straight: we can put those back together… — Frank Abagnale
If you fail to pay your minimums for any debt on time, your credit score will take a major hit and you run the risk… — Alexa Von Tobel
Budgets are nothing if not statements of priorities. — Jeff Merkley
There are many nice, peaceful Muslims, but the Netherlands is far too tolerant regarding the statements of the radical wing of Islam. — Els Borst
American capitalists, enthralled by the doctrines of finance, have put their income statements in service of the balance sheet. — Clayton Christensen
I kind of prefer to be sort of ahead of the pack checking things out, priming the canvas, if you will, for the younger guys… — Christian Scott

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